Box 1
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Diary of "A.J. Kenyon, U.S.S. 'Dacotah,' South Pacific Squadron, Callao, Peru, Dec. 27 '66" (flyleaf inscription)
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
Kenyon may have come from Owego, N.Y. Diary itself was printed in London and includes an almanac for the year 1867, a record of letters home for 1866 (when and to whom sent), and a list of cash items.
Comments on the weather. Mail he received and sent, the crew of the ship and their activities.
Kenyon made up the quarterly reports.
Jan. 8 entry - Received Prize Money for...
Dates:
1867, 1871.
Diary for year 1871 - "A.J. Kenyon, U.S.S. Wasp, Montevideo, Jan. 1871" (flyleaf inscription), 1871
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
List of accounts and letters written - front of diary and back pages.
General information as in 1867 diary - i.e., mail, weather, ships, shore trips, balls.
Mention of stabbings - Jan. 18, 29
Places visited - Montevideo, Colonia, Asuncion, Paraguay, New Palmyra (?), Ruicon, San Rosario de Santa Fe, Parana (?) City, Corrientes, Rosario, Buenos Aires, Argentine Rep.
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Dates:
1871